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Manipulation of molecular vibrations on condensing Er3+ state densities for 1.5 μm application

Manipulation of molecular vibrations on condensing Er3+ state densities for 1.5 μm application
Manipulation of molecular vibrations on condensing Er3+ state densities for 1.5 μm application

Vibrational modes of chemical bonds in organic erbium (Er3+) materials play an important role in determining the efficiency of the 1.5 μm Er3+ emission. This work studies the energy coupling of the Er3+ intra-4f transitions and vibrational modes. The results demonstrate that the coupling introduces enormous nonradiative internal relaxation, which condenses the excited erbium population on to the 4I13/2 state. This suggests that vibrational modes can be advantageous for optimizing the branching ratio for the 1.5 μm transition in organic erbium materials. Through control of the quenching effect on to the 4I13/2 state and a reliable determination of intrinsic radiative rates, it is found that the pump power for population inversion can be reduced by an order of magnitude at high erbium concentrations compared to conventional inorganic erbium materials.

1948-7185
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Ye, Huanqing
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Ye, Huanqing, Gorbaciova, Jelena, Lyu, Chen, Burgess, Claire, Walton, Alex S., Zahra, Khadisha M., Curry, Richard J., Bannerman, Rex H.S., Gates, James C., Wyatt, Peter B. and Gillin, William P. (2021) Manipulation of molecular vibrations on condensing Er3+ state densities for 1.5 μm application. Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 12 (39), 9620-9625. (doi:10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c02691).

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Vibrational modes of chemical bonds in organic erbium (Er3+) materials play an important role in determining the efficiency of the 1.5 μm Er3+ emission. This work studies the energy coupling of the Er3+ intra-4f transitions and vibrational modes. The results demonstrate that the coupling introduces enormous nonradiative internal relaxation, which condenses the excited erbium population on to the 4I13/2 state. This suggests that vibrational modes can be advantageous for optimizing the branching ratio for the 1.5 μm transition in organic erbium materials. Through control of the quenching effect on to the 4I13/2 state and a reliable determination of intrinsic radiative rates, it is found that the pump power for population inversion can be reduced by an order of magnitude at high erbium concentrations compared to conventional inorganic erbium materials.

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Accepted/In Press date: 24 September 2021
e-pub ahead of print date: 29 September 2021
Published date: 7 October 2021
Additional Information: C.L. was financially supported by the China Scholarship Council and Queen Mary University of London. W.P.G. acknowledges financial support from IUK (79053) and EPSRC (EP/L020114/1 and EP/P007767/1). XPS measurements in this work were performed at the Henry Royce Institute for Advanced Materials, funded through EPSRC Grants EP/R00661X/1 and EP/P025021/1. © 2021 American Chemical Society

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Local EPrints ID: 471165
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/471165
ISSN: 1948-7185
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ORCID for James C. Gates: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-8671-5987

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Date deposited: 28 Oct 2022 16:52
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Author: Huanqing Ye
Author: Jelena Gorbaciova
Author: Chen Lyu
Author: Claire Burgess
Author: Alex S. Walton
Author: Khadisha M. Zahra
Author: Richard J. Curry
Author: James C. Gates ORCID iD
Author: Peter B. Wyatt
Author: William P. Gillin

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